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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Morning all. Just had my coffee and cream. Slept really late today and also forgot to get anything out of the freezer for today's meals. So it will be fried eggs, fried tomatoes and fried tinned meat today. Havent the energy for anything else. I have some brazil nuts and some dark chocolate so might put them together.
 
Usual breakfast of 30g oats porridge made with water, handful of blueberries, handful of walnuts and two spoons of yoghurt. Lunch is going to be soup with chickpeas and lots of greens; supper a chicken breast with cabbage, swede chips, carrots, peas and anything else looking appealing in the fridge. I tend to use lots of left-overs for my lunches, adding water to convert them into soups, but just getting into micro greens and bean shoots, which I can have on Ryvitas with a pickled herring fillet.
 
ravensmitten said:
Should really get something to test BGs, although my numbers were far better last visit to the docs.

I think I have an old meter in the first aid box I got for free in 2016, but couldn't afford the strips past the free ones at the time, no idea if it still works or should look to get a new one.
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Meters are cheap, it's the teststrips that makes using them expensive.
So depending on the price of the strips for your current meter you might be better off getting a new one.
@Rachox has a useful bit of information on meters and teststrips in the UK. :)

And in a desperate try to stay on topic, I've had coffee with milk so far. :hilarious:

Trying to decide what will be the best time to start my cheese drying experiment. It will likely take 8 to 12 hours so overnight makes sense. But I want to check it during the first hour to make sure the machine works and the cheese won't melt and ruin my neighbour's food dryer.
Or I can start it now and it will likely be finished before bedtime. But I won't be wanting to finish them in the oven in the middle of the night.
Or I can start it this afternoon, turn it off overnight and finish the drying tomorrow so it will be ready for the oven at a decent time.
 
Woke up too early and grump so back to bed for an extra hour! Decided not to do the porridge and went for making mini Chaffles with bacon on top. Rather nice i thought. Being Coeliac too, I need to buy in some more gluten free friendly foods...
Lunch was a lovely home made celery soup with added cream..
Dinner or Tea tonight will be a crustless quiche and side salad....

I do love reading everyone's food choices, I can glean so many ideas. :)
 
Antje77 said:
Meters are cheap, it's the teststrips that makes using them expensive.
So depending on the price of the strips for your current meter you might be better off getting a new one.
@Rachox has a useful bit of information on meters and teststrips in the UK. :)

And in a desperate try to stay on topic, I've had coffee with milk so far. :hilarious:

Trying to decide what will be the best time to start my cheese drying experiment. It will likely take 8 to 12 hours so overnight makes sense. But I want to check it during the first hour to make sure the machine works and the cheese won't melt and ruin my neighbour's food dryer.
Or I can start it now and it will likely be finished before bedtime. But I won't be wanting to finish them in the oven in the middle of the night.
Or I can start it this afternoon, turn it off overnight and finish the drying tomorrow so it will be ready for the oven at a decent time.
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Decisions, decisions... I would choose the last option, but your lifestyle is different to mine.
A dehumidifier shouldn't use very much power - it can't take any more than an old fashioned light bulb to run it.

I buy bread for Em really and it is always a temptation just to reach for it when my legs are bad, to save putting any weight on them but last night I wrapped all the bread into little packets and put them in the freezer. That'll stop me - the freezer is in the back porch and difficult for me to reach even if my legs are not playing up. I have a packet of wraps for her as well, but they are no temptation. I forgot, though, that there were crumpets so, this morning one crumpet with butter oozing through it was breakfast!

I made my sausage and vegetable mixture but was delayed (Em wasn't picked up until after 7 pm - see parallel thread) so I didn't start cooking until then and by the time it was done, I had already helped myself to the remaining half portion of cauliflower cheese to keep me going. So I just turned the oven off again and left the mixture to cook in the residual heat. Just had it as a main meal - forgot to put the spices in that I used last time, but it was still very good. May not need anything else today.

If I get peckish, I'll have some slices of ham.
 
Today was a golf day for MrB, so a very early breakfast of our usuals. I really enjoy my hard boiled eggs salady thing breakfast here, but it just doesn’t hit the spot at home. strange, isn’t it?

I went walking this morning, on one of my regular circuits. On this one, there’s a local lady, preparing fish in her shop who always tells me off for not wearing a hat.

When I got back I was really hungry, so went to the snack cupboard. On our last big supermarket sortie I had picked up a pack of pork floss. It’s allegedly dried pork, sort of pulled. let me tell you it was topping! Truly topping.

it looked like dreadlocks and if I knew what dreadlocks tasted of, I bet it was like pork floss. So a clip on them to show MrB, then into the bin with it. I revisited the cupboard and got out a pack of chicken skins. Much better.

Late afternoon, coming back from a walk to the harbour I decided to try the gym’s no sugar ice cream. I just fancied it. It was actually delicious. It tasted a bit like frozen Hotel Chocolat whip. Very rich, dense and a dark chocolate tasty. That’s my pudding for the year.

Dinner was stir fried veggies with chicken. Simple but very tasty.

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Antje77 said:
I don't like peanuts or peanut butter much, but I love peanut sauce and peanut soup!

Adding sauerkraut to the peanut soup was, interesting I guess. :)
First half of my bowl was spent trying to understand the flavours before I could even start to decide if I liked it or not. So I like it for this reason already.
As for my final decision, I like the sour of the soup as a novelty but I don't think I'll be adding sauerkraut to peanut soup again after I've finished this pot. There's enough left for 3 more days, but I might give up after the 3rd day and ditch the last bit.

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Neighbour came by with his dehydrator for the popped cheese bits so I had the parts run a cycle in the dishwasher and spent some time finding out how to dry cheese.
Apparently you need to use small bits or thin slices of cheese and dry them at 40 degrees for - and here the sources don't agree - 4 to 12 hours.
Success also seems to depend on the kind of cheese used but sources again disagree on what works and what doesn't.
I currently have 4 kinds of cheese in the fridge so I'll just try a little of every one of them. :joyful:

(See @AndBreathe , I do like to try out a new kitchen gadget! Especially a borrowed one.)

The only thing I couldn't find out is if I can put the cheese on baking sheets in case it does melt. Would that prevent the drying you think?

Also, there's lots of room in the dryer, so suggestions on what else to put in it alongside the cheese is welcome, would be a waste of electicity to have the thing run almost empty for some 10 hours.

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Good luck. Maybe put the cheese on kitchen roll to absorb some of the grease and moisture without affecting the drying process?
Also you could make pet treats at the same time by drying scraps of liver/meat/fish? The neighbourhood dogs would think you were the best human in the world.
Herbs apparently dry well and keep in airtight containers for jazzing up soups and stews.
 
AndBreathe said:
On our last big supermarket sortie I had picked up a pack of pork floss. It’s allegedly dried pork, sort of pulled. let me tell you it was topping! Truly topping.

it looked like dreadlocks and if I knew what dreadlocks tasted of, I bet it was like pork floss.
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DJC3 said:
Good luck. Maybe put the cheese on kitchen roll to absorb some of the grease and moisture without affecting the drying process?
Also you could make pet treats at the same time by drying scraps of liver/meat/fish? The neighbourhood dogs would think you were the best human in the world.
Herbs apparently dry well and keep in airtight containers for jazzing up soups and stews.
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Good idea with the kitchen roll (which will have to be TP because I never use kitchen rolls).
Also like the idea of pet treats. I found a 3 year old duck breast hiding in the back of the freezer, to old for me to try for myself but seems perfect for turning into dog treats!
I'll postpone my drying experiment until tomorrow to let the duck breast thaw. :)

And of course if the cheese doesn't work out I'll have even more dog treats. :joyful:
 
Black coffee until about 12 then two eggs fried with a few mushrooms served on LC toast followed by two squares of 90% chocolate and portion of kefir
5ish cooked some halloumi chips in air frier to serve with hm passata with venison meatballs topped with parmesan cheese also had a small glass of red wine pudding LC blondie warmed and served with yoghurt. Had forgotten about halloumi chips and pack of halloumi was near best before date they are delicious and will start to feature again in my meals.
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Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a DGF ginger bread.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Dinner: cheese and cherry toms on LC toast followed by SF cherry jelly and cream.

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maglil55 said:
Tuesday 31 January - bed 7.1 FBG 7 4 Got a call to go pick up eldest from school - unwell. DIL working and son away sorting out redundancy paperwork. Poor wee soul was not great at all but he managed a lunch of sorts and a nap.

B.TAG

L. Bit of crustless quiche while caring for a sick boy.

D. After everyone deposited home - cheeseburger on a SRSLY seeded roll, coleslaw, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo.

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Hope your grandson recovers soon. Good thing you are around to help.
I must try the SRSLY seedy rolls, they look great. I have a subscription for the ordinary rolls but I’ll add an extra order for the seedy ones to try them I think
 
Tuna melt muffin around 11am
1pm remains of last night’s chicken caprese casserole in a DGF wrap, followed by a mini bar of Montezuma’s absolute black.
Dinner was a large and fabulous ribeye steak with salad and a Stilton stuffed mushroom.
1 small glass of spiced rum to celebrate ordering a new boiler. Ours has been out of action more than it’s worked this winter and I’m heartily fed up with being cold. IMG_1811.jpg
 
DJC3 said:
Hope your grandson recovers soon. Good thing you are around to help.
I must try the SRSLY seedy rolls, they look great. I have a subscription for the ordinary rolls but I’ll add an extra order for the seedy ones to try them I think
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The seedy ones are really nice. I warm them in the oven and that gives them a nice crisp outside. I really like them a lot more than the soft rolls.

Grandson is fine, thanks. He went back to school today.
 
Started well with a 10:30 breakfast of 2 scrambled eggs with a little chopped ham in, and some crumbled greek cheese. Finished with a Kind nut bar.
The aim was to fill me up so I could resist temptation in the supermarket and go though to tea at least.
note the word "aim".

Shopping for elderly friends I was in a different supermarket so had a nosey round for food I can't usually get. Got one HiLo loaf, then in the Polish section found a dark chocolate bar with a coconut filling at 10g carbs per 2 square. Good, I can ration that I thought.
Well, readers you who know me so well, it had all been eaten before I got home . :bag: :banghead: :eek:

Punished myself with only tea to drink and no lunch.

Of course I then got the munchies. Had a packet of Cheesies, 6 swede chips and 1 tablespoon baked beans and a tiny bit of ham... all stolen from the boys plates as I prepared their dinner.

I have resisted anything else since.
Headache and migraine expected later today or tomorrow. Watch this space.

And where were you all when I needed you in my head today saying "No, don't do it"?
 
Day 2 of my quest to solve the great off the scale fasting BG problem, with subsequent high HbA1c… using fast 800 keto.
No breakfast, just black decaff coffee
lunch at 3:15 pm Greek full fat yogurt, a few blueberries 2 cups black coffee
Dinner at 6:30 pm Caulflower egg fried rice with mushrooms spring onion salmon and a few peas.
Eating window under 4 hours. Drinking water this evening. Feeling good.
 
Brunch - 2 slices slc bread toasted & filled with egg mayo. Mug of earl grey tea

Dinner/Snack (working late shift tonight) - 1 slc seeded roll (not sure if I like these or not, may be just because I have never tasted them from fresh, I always defrost them after them being in the freezer) filled with 1 slice cheese with chives, 1 packet chicken fridge raiders, 1 small moser roth 85% dark chocolate bar. I small bottle of pepsi max
 
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MrsA2 said:
And where were you all when I needed you in my head today saying "No, don't do it"?
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Why didn't you tell me you needed me to come along to get groceries, prepare dinner and keep you on the straight and narrow, I'd have been happy to!

Day two of trying to eat my way through a giant pot of peanut and sauerkraut soup.
By now I'm positive I don't like it much.
Just once more tomorrow and I have given myself permission to throw out the rest after that, no use freezing it as it will never be thawed so it would just take up non existent room in my small freezer forever.

Slices of cheese are now sitting in the dehydrator so I'll only have to turn the thing on tomorrow (and add slices of duck breast as well).
I used a little of all 5 different cheeses I happened to have in my fridge to increase the chances of ending up with something good. :joyful:
A very mature hard goats cheese, another very mature black pepper cheese, some Parmesan, a regular mature Gouda, and some halloumi.
 
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